Seriously, no one has yet to make the most obvious nerd joke here... the midichlorian thing from star wars... I'm not even going to bother trying to formulate something clever here, just pointing it out.
Yeah... I know of one university close to me that has developed their own replacement in-house. When a university, a highly beurocratic entity, decides that maintaining and paying licenses is worse then developing and maintaining your own... well... I really don't know what to think. I've used Blackboard in college, and sometimes it appears to be nice and friendly, but more often then not it's either down or acting up... I hope they get what's coming to them, personally.
All they'll do is take that one MS Office course and make it a requirement for all students. That'll teach 'em all about technology! Lazyness: 1; Everyone else: 0.
and it could very well still be the best game out there due to its playability... i mean... look at WoW... dated for sure, but still... quite playable.
First of all, any use of OSX on a PC platform is a royal pain in the ass because it requires you to do so many workarounds... why even bother. If you're a person who actually needs OSX (designers, videographers, etc) then you will buy the hardware because you know its worth it. If you don't have a need to use one, yeah, you don't get one... and porting games isn't as big of a deal as people think... there are at least a few companies still dedicated to not screwing over mac users (read BLIZZARD).
Wow, you're a bright one aren't you? Take a look at Mac hardware... it's practically IDENTICAL to PC hardware, including that of graphics processors. The problem isn't hardware, it's software companies not willing to port games on mac. And from what I've seen since I bought my MacBook, any games that are on here run so damn well that it's not funny.
Well, I'm a mac owner and I think the Zune is pretty cool... the three-time/three-day song share, while some may dislike it, is a pretty neat idea, I think. I've used PC and mac for years now, and Microsoft hardware has usually been top-notch. Software is another thing =P
Well, I think a lot of it is for us designers who have Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign open 95% of the time, as well as Mail, Firefox, Office (OOo or MS) and maybe a couple of utilities here and there, not to mention dashboard apps. Then you add in the videographers and effects people running Final Cut, Motion, Logic Pro, etc... I mean, I'm saying this too from experience, as I bought a MacBook Pro recently and almost immediately had to upgrade from 1gb to 2gb of RAM just to be able to run things comfortably.
From my experience most designers who do web stuff wouldn't get near Expression; alot of that having to do with Macs being prominent in the design field. Not to mention MS's blatent disregard for standards, as mentioned many times here already.
Well, I doubt we'll see Adobe give up Illustrator... hopefully it wont end up all thrown together... because when you combine 'Illustrator' with 'Freehand' you end up with 'Frustrator'
... instead of taking his indignant moron-rage out on a single company. Let's see what the latest items of interest are on Xbox Live... the Dead Rising demo where you can hack zombies in half with a katana... or Saint's Row which is pretty much exactly like GTA... the latter of which is far more violent, IMHO.
But seriously, does this lawyer-turned-psycho have anything better to do? How about representing families who are in need of real help, not this idiotic waste that just pisses people off... what does he think he can prove? What will he do if Take Two doesn't respond to his extortion? How about a letter from Take-Two with a few choice explatives?
Man, it blows me away that this gets tagged as troll... back in the olden days this was a normal, neigh and EXPECTED comment and we would laugh and laugh and laugh... oh times have changed! Sunrise-Sunset! *cries*
funny you should mention photoshop... somehow IE ties itself to Adobe update and keeps it from working properly.. of course I don't know exactly why (I just uninstalled the damn thing so it would work) but there is some funky stuff going on between it and other apps it shouldnt have its grubby blue fingers on.
LOL... its almost too perfect really... Quark is a piece of shit, and most designers have left it for InDesign (at least, as far as I've seen). So Microsoft buys Quark and turns it into something they can use with Expression... you've got a suite of crappy software that's overbloated, have very different interfaces and undoubtedly "connect" in the way CS2 apps do with some shoddily pieced together code... yeah, its really gonna compete well
If only it were that simple... lighting, for instance comes into play making composition very difficult. Zooming in is only going to add more problems, as hidden cams and/or hand-held camcorders don't have stabilization for the most part, and compiling it all piecewise would be a huge pain in the ass for any editor.
Okay, cut the crap people... it's leased apartments we're talking about, not an IT department... no one will get, let alone allow you to do anything but use the service they're advocating... it was the same way with me in my old apartment... you have to, and that's just that.
Welcome to the Desert.
Maybe not the "home computer" market... but go into just about any successful graphic design/advertising/media production house and you will see macs... everywhere. They're damned fine machines for content creation.
No kidding; look at any of the creative fields; ad design/marketing, animation, production, etc... all use Mac... toy? I think not. Kinda like when people say "those guys and their toys" in reference to tools that are used to build things.
Bah. It was really easy. Granted, I wasn't at EB, but Gamestop (same difference really) and put $5 down yesterday to "pre-order" (reserve my spot in the line, rather) and then pay the rest off today when I got it. It was very leisurly, but then again, I'm in a smaller midwestern city in the US, so that probably has a greater effect then one who might be living in a larger city. Regardless, if you can manage to find some store in a smaller city or town on the outskirts of a big city; well, maybe that might work... but yeah, not like you're gonna miss anything by getting it later then sooner.
I will not by choice but by necessity as next week is dead week before finals... besides, I don't watch it by far as much as I used to (but I sit in front of another radiation emitting box)
Well, I will continue to shop there just because I can get cheap used games; a lot more then other places. HQ should do something; probably something along the lines of giving her a new unit plus some extras; always pay back and then some and save face. But EB as a whole is still good; just one store that got too lazy in the way they handled things.
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Seriously, no one has yet to make the most obvious nerd joke here... the midichlorian thing from star wars... I'm not even going to bother trying to formulate something clever here, just pointing it out.
Yeah... I know of one university close to me that has developed their own replacement in-house. When a university, a highly beurocratic entity, decides that maintaining and paying licenses is worse then developing and maintaining your own... well... I really don't know what to think. I've used Blackboard in college, and sometimes it appears to be nice and friendly, but more often then not it's either down or acting up... I hope they get what's coming to them, personally.
As a graphic designer and long-time computer hobbyist, I find it to be simultaneously amusing and ridiculous. Time to go draw cats having sex.
All they'll do is take that one MS Office course and make it a requirement for all students. That'll teach 'em all about technology! Lazyness: 1; Everyone else: 0.
and it could very well still be the best game out there due to its playability... i mean... look at WoW... dated for sure, but still... quite playable.
First of all, any use of OSX on a PC platform is a royal pain in the ass because it requires you to do so many workarounds... why even bother. If you're a person who actually needs OSX (designers, videographers, etc) then you will buy the hardware because you know its worth it. If you don't have a need to use one, yeah, you don't get one... and porting games isn't as big of a deal as people think... there are at least a few companies still dedicated to not screwing over mac users (read BLIZZARD).
Wow, you're a bright one aren't you? Take a look at Mac hardware... it's practically IDENTICAL to PC hardware, including that of graphics processors. The problem isn't hardware, it's software companies not willing to port games on mac. And from what I've seen since I bought my MacBook, any games that are on here run so damn well that it's not funny.
If you're ever wondering why some people have no sense of humor, read the parent.
Well, I'm a mac owner and I think the Zune is pretty cool... the three-time/three-day song share, while some may dislike it, is a pretty neat idea, I think. I've used PC and mac for years now, and Microsoft hardware has usually been top-notch. Software is another thing =P
Well, I think a lot of it is for us designers who have Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign open 95% of the time, as well as Mail, Firefox, Office (OOo or MS) and maybe a couple of utilities here and there, not to mention dashboard apps. Then you add in the videographers and effects people running Final Cut, Motion, Logic Pro, etc... I mean, I'm saying this too from experience, as I bought a MacBook Pro recently and almost immediately had to upgrade from 1gb to 2gb of RAM just to be able to run things comfortably.
I think the idea there is an X-Y-Z and X-Y-Z rotation, thusly 6 "axies." Maybe not, that's just my thought.
From my experience most designers who do web stuff wouldn't get near Expression; alot of that having to do with Macs being prominent in the design field. Not to mention MS's blatent disregard for standards, as mentioned many times here already.
Well, I doubt we'll see Adobe give up Illustrator... hopefully it wont end up all thrown together... because when you combine 'Illustrator' with 'Freehand' you end up with 'Frustrator'
But seriously, does this lawyer-turned-psycho have anything better to do? How about representing families who are in need of real help, not this idiotic waste that just pisses people off... what does he think he can prove? What will he do if Take Two doesn't respond to his extortion? How about a letter from Take-Two with a few choice explatives?
Man, it blows me away that this gets tagged as troll... back in the olden days this was a normal, neigh and EXPECTED comment and we would laugh and laugh and laugh... oh times have changed! Sunrise-Sunset! *cries*
funny you should mention photoshop... somehow IE ties itself to Adobe update and keeps it from working properly.. of course I don't know exactly why (I just uninstalled the damn thing so it would work) but there is some funky stuff going on between it and other apps it shouldnt have its grubby blue fingers on.
LOL... its almost too perfect really... Quark is a piece of shit, and most designers have left it for InDesign (at least, as far as I've seen). So Microsoft buys Quark and turns it into something they can use with Expression... you've got a suite of crappy software that's overbloated, have very different interfaces and undoubtedly "connect" in the way CS2 apps do with some shoddily pieced together code... yeah, its really gonna compete well
If only it were that simple... lighting, for instance comes into play making composition very difficult. Zooming in is only going to add more problems, as hidden cams and/or hand-held camcorders don't have stabilization for the most part, and compiling it all piecewise would be a huge pain in the ass for any editor.
If anyone has played the adventure game "Moment of Silence," this sounds oh-so-very familiar...
Okay, cut the crap people... it's leased apartments we're talking about, not an IT department... no one will get, let alone allow you to do anything but use the service they're advocating... it was the same way with me in my old apartment... you have to, and that's just that. Welcome to the Desert.
Maybe not the "home computer" market... but go into just about any successful graphic design/advertising/media production house and you will see macs... everywhere. They're damned fine machines for content creation.
No kidding; look at any of the creative fields; ad design/marketing, animation, production, etc... all use Mac... toy? I think not. Kinda like when people say "those guys and their toys" in reference to tools that are used to build things.
Bah. It was really easy. Granted, I wasn't at EB, but Gamestop (same difference really) and put $5 down yesterday to "pre-order" (reserve my spot in the line, rather) and then pay the rest off today when I got it. It was very leisurly, but then again, I'm in a smaller midwestern city in the US, so that probably has a greater effect then one who might be living in a larger city. Regardless, if you can manage to find some store in a smaller city or town on the outskirts of a big city; well, maybe that might work... but yeah, not like you're gonna miss anything by getting it later then sooner.
I will not by choice but by necessity as next week is dead week before finals... besides, I don't watch it by far as much as I used to (but I sit in front of another radiation emitting box)
Well, I will continue to shop there just because I can get cheap used games; a lot more then other places. HQ should do something; probably something along the lines of giving her a new unit plus some extras; always pay back and then some and save face. But EB as a whole is still good; just one store that got too lazy in the way they handled things.